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InstanceDatabaseOptions.CollationName Property

Gets or sets the instance database collation.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property CollationName As String
public string CollationName { get; set; }
public:
property String^ CollationName {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
/** @property */
public String get_CollationName ()

/** @property */
public void set_CollationName (String value)
public function get CollationName () : String

public function set CollationName (value : String)

Property Value

A String containing the Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Windows collation name.

Remarks

The CollationName property defines the character set and sort order for the instance database. The value must conform to the SQL Server nvarchar data type and must be the name of a valid Windows or SQL Server collation.

If you do not provide a collation name, the instance database collation is the same as the default collation of the Database Engine instance that hosts the database.

The collation of all instance databases in a Notification Services instance must match the collation of the application databases.

Example

The following examples show how to define the instance database collation:

idb.CollationName = "Latin1_General_CS_AS";
idb.CollationName = "Latin1_General_CS_AS"

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

InstanceDatabaseOptions Class
InstanceDatabaseOptions Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo Namespace

Other Resources

Defining the Instance Database
CollationName Element (ICF)